On Friday Chinese carrier Spring Airlines cancelled a promotion offering free tickets from Shanghai to Saga prefecture in Japan following outcry from netizens.

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The spring game is April 20 in the Carrier Dome.

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He may be a fan of low-budget carrier Spirit Airlines, which made headlines this spring when it announced that it was installing "pre-reclined" seats on some of its planes as a space- and cost-saving measure.

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It's not technically part of the carrier's mobile line, but DoCoMo had one more announcement for spring: an HDMI dongle.

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The carrier is based on the specifications for the digital video disc, the home-movie format introduced last spring.

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